Iii) Others
Other companies include car sharing networks, skills exchanges, crowd financing for banking and investment; shared workspaces, new marketplaces for unwanted goods, etc (see attached diagram on collaborative economy ventures)
· Some traditional players are joining the sharing economy
- DHL (courier company) has launched its Myways smart phone app in Europe to tap unrecognised demand parcel pickup
- Marriot (hotelier) has Liquidspace which sells idle meeting rooms and conference rooms
- Westpac (banker) uses Onesociety as a peer-to-peer lender with those seeking a return by lending money
(source: Jacob Greber et al, 2014; James Hutchinson, 2014a; Nasssim Khadem et al, 2014; Jacob Greber et al, 2014a; Jamesw Chessell, 2014)
